After an all-time great campaign in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, Shreyas Iyer struggled with recurring back injury and then lost his BCCI central contract owing to disciplinary issues. He was also dropped from the Test side and was not considered for selection in India’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad as well.

Shreyas made a return to the ODI team during the England series at home last month, where he initially admitted he wasn't the first-choice to be in the lineup. However, Virat Kohli’s injury paved the way for his inclusion in the playing XI for the opening ODI.

Since then, the 30-year-old hasn’t looked back. He finished as India's leading run-getter (243 runs in five matches at 48.60) in the triumphant ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign in Dubai.

Shreyas played a critical knock of 48 in the title clash against New Zealand, while his top score of 79 in the tournament also came against the Kiwis in the group-stage.

In an interaction with Hindustan Times, Shreyas Iyer expressed delight that his runs helped the team win.

"Very, very satisfying. Maybe I could have got a century, but no regrets. In fact, it was sweeter because I got the team to a decent total, and we were able to win by 44 runs," he said.

Iyer often draws flak for his struggle against the short-pitched deliveries, but the right-hander have tackled it brilliantly in the last one month.

When asked if his confidence in taking on shorter deliveries came from the two sixes he hit against the Jofra Archer in the England ODI series, Iyer mentioned that he had player similar shots during the domestic season as well.

"In terms of the confidence, yes. But you look at my domestic season, I played so many this year and hit sixes off difficult deliveries. I gained a lot of confidence from that. Technically, I was able to get a wide stance and create a great base, which enabled me to generate that force. I was able to replicate that in the England (home) series and the matches after that," he added.

Shreyas Iyer doesn’t believe in sending a message to the critics and he instead wants to let his bat do the talking.

"I don’t have to send any message to anyone. All I have to do is believe in myself and play the best cricket possible. The message automatically gets delivered."

Having earlier explained how he changed his stance during the domestic season to counter bouncers, Iyer stated that it was all a result of hard work behind the scenes.

"The hard work which you put is when you are tested as an athlete and as an individual. There are a lot of people who have helped me during this process, Amre sir, Abhishek Nayar, my trainer Sagar and my nutritionist Nicole Kedia," he remarked.